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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 139
 1-3           WHEREAS, Tejano R.O.O.T.S. (Remembering Our Own Tejano
 1-4     Stars), Inc., a nonprofit organization chartered on June 9, 1999,
 1-5     established the Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame Museum to pay
 1-6     tribute to the rich heritage of Tejano music while promoting
 1-7     and honoring Tejano musicians past and present; the Board of
 1-8     Directors of Tejano R.O.O.T.S. are Serapio Serna Jr.,
 1-9     Javier Villanueva, Orlando Chapa, Juan Sifuentes,
1-10     Judge L. Arnold Saenz, Rito Silva, Joe Lozano, Manuel Ramirez Jr.,
1-11     and Tony Morris, who along with the Advisory Council consisting of,
1-12     Robert Ortiz Jr., Manny Garcia Jr., Lucila Reynolds, John Vela,
1-13     Manuel Ayala, Terry Drake, Ben Garcia, Grace Saenz-Lopez,
1-14     Daniel Amador, Ruben Cadena, and Fred Farias, preserve, maintain,
1-15     promote and showcase the historical documents, artifacts and audio
1-16     and visual recordings of Tejano music heritage and industry; and
1-17           WHEREAS, Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame Museum recognizes
1-18     the invaluable contributions of artists, musicians, composers,
1-19     producers and many others who contributed to Tejano musical
1-20     heritage; these talented musicians combine Mexican and Anglo
1-21     American sounds with various aspects of African American, German,
1-22     Italian, Cuban and Czech musical traditions to create the style
1-23     and variety found in this uniquely diverse genre of music; and
 2-1           WHEREAS, The Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame Museum
 2-2     has recognized the talent of such artists as Sunny Ozuna,
 2-3     Carlos Guzman, Laura Canales, Armando Lichtenberger Jr.,
 2-4     Armando Hinojosa Jr., Juan Hinojosa, Armando Marroquin Sr.,
 2-5     Paco Betancourt, Domingo Pena, Sylvestre Amadeo Flores,
 2-6     Ruben Naranjo, Tony Dela Rosa, Mike Chavez,
 2-7     Juan Antonio Sifuentes, Beto Villa and Narciso Martinez; and
 2-8           WHEREAS, Alice, Texas, has been recognized as
 2-9     "The Birthplace of Tejano" dating back to the mid 1940's where
2-10     Armando Marroquin, Sr., and Paco Betancourt established the
2-11     first recording company to record Tejano artists exclusively,
2-12     Ideal Records, that was based in Alice; Armando Marroquin also
2-13     owned a jukebox company and insured Ideal recordings would be
2-14     distributed throughout South Texas and started the careers of
2-15     many Tejano stars; and
2-16           WHEREAS, Currently, Tejano music is a huge industry and
2-17     major record labels have begun to recognize and invest millions
2-18     of dollars; the Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame Museum gives an
2-19     impressive setting which people from throughout the state,
2-20     nation, and world may view and understand a part of our national
2-21     heritage; now, therefore, be it
2-22           RESOLVED, That the Texas Senate, 77th Legislature,
2-23     hereby commend Tejano R.O.O.T.S., Inc. for establishing the
2-24     Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame Museum and the community of
 3-1     Alice as the "Birthplace of Tejano" music; and, be it further
 3-2           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
 3-3     prepared for R.O.O.T.S., Inc., as an expression of high
 3-4     esteem by the Texas Senate.
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 3-7                                          President of the Senate
 3-8                                       I hereby certify that the above
 3-9                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
3-10                                  on January 31, 2001.
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3-12                                          Secretary of the Senate
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3-14                                            Dean of the Senate